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While the warmer spring weather has been a welcome break from the seemingly never-ending cold, it also means we can expect a hectic hurricane season. Forecasters are saying to expect 18 named storms, including four "intense" hurricanes.
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While the warmer spring weather has been a welcome break from the seemingly never-ending cold, it also means we can expect a hectic hurricane season. Forecasters are saying to expect 18 named storms, including four "intense" hurricanes.
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Back in 2011 a relatively uneventful Hurricane Irene swung near South Carolina, but the waves from that storm amplified erosion at Folly Beach County Park and have left the popular attraction...

U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region
An aerial photo of Mantoloking, New Jersey, show a breach in coastal strip after Hurricane Sandy.
Beach erosion is a costly business.
Even though Hurricane Sandy only had paltry effects on the...

Image by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region An aerial photo of Mantoloking, New Jersey, show a breach in coastal strip after Hurricane Sandy.Beach erosion is a costly business.
Even though Hurricane Sandy only had paltry effects on...

Image by Air Force/Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen Aerial views of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to the New Jersey coast taken during a search and rescue mission by the New Jersey Army National Guard on October 30.
Update: Donation locations are in...

Image by Flickr user The Suss-Man (Mike)Earlier this year word came that Folly Beach had received a $400,000 grant to study how the beaches could better stand up against the natural forces of erosion.
Indeed a plan later came that said some 415,000...

Image by NOAAAugust is the second, meaner start the annual hurricane season.
Though the 2012 season isn't expected to be much outside of normal, we've been trekking through the quiet months and already we've had a couple come-earlies, see: Beryl, ...

NOAA
August is the second, meaner start the annual hurricane season.
Though the 2012 season isn't expected to be much outside of normal, we've been trekking through the quiet months and already we've had a couple come-earlies, see: Beryl, Debby.
But...

Flickr user scmikeburton
Damage in McCellanville from Hurricane Hugo in 1989, the storm caused an estimated $10 billion of damage in 1989 dollars.
As you're likely to know, properties along the coast are oft seen as too probable for wind damage by...